Improvement in soda-water apparatus



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J.' af-visaowu, or NEW HAVE-N, CONNECTICUr ,Laim Patent Nq. 93,802, daad August i7, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SODA-WATER APPARATUS.

The Schedule reforredto yin these Letten Patent and making part o f the same.

Fo all 'whom it may concern; Beit known that I, J. It. BROWN, of VNew Haven, n the county of New-Haven, and State of Connectimt, have invented a new Improvement in'SodaWater Apparatus; and I do. hereby declarethe following, .vhen taken in connection with the accompanying lrawngs, and the letters 4of reference marked thereon, :o be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, md which said drawings constitute part of this speciiication, and` represent, in-' Figurer 1, a side view, and in Figure 2, a vertical lcentral section.

The object of this invention is to construct a. soda-- water apparatus for familynse, which shall combinewithin itselfthe water-vessel and tbegas-generating apparatus, and the means of drawing from the watervessel; and

The invention consists in the arrangement of a water-vessel lover a chamber, within which the gas is generated, bypplacing therein therequisite material.. and so that the gas, when generated, will pass up into the water-vessel, impregnating the water, and -creating a pressure thereon, so as to force vthe water fromthe vessel through the drawing-device;

To enable others to fully understand my invention, I will proceed to describe the same, as' illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the water-vessel. f

B, the gas-generating chamber, here represented as divided by a perforated partition,0, the perforations being at the edge of the partition.

From the said chamber, atube, D, leads up above the surface ofthe water, and down to near the bottom of the vessel, where it opens into the water.

E is thedrawing-tube, which extends from near the bottom of the water-vessel up to a cock, F, which leads from the Vessel.

G isa plug, in the bottom of the vessel, and ll, the y plug at the top.

To prepare the soda-water, the requisite quantity of 'water is poured into the vessel A, through the plug H, say up to the water-line, as denoted in red, fig. 2, then the vessel is inverted, the plug G removed, and a sutiicient quantity of water poured into the chamber B, for generating the gas which runs through' the -perforations inthe partition C.

Then tartaric acid and supercarbonate of soda` are placed through the opening, on tothe partition 0,'-tbe plug G closed, and the apparatus again set upright." l

The water, which has passed through' the partition -Creturns, and, mingling with the acid and-soda, gencrates the carbonio-acid gas which passes =up, as denoted by the arrows, through the perforations in the partition O, up'through the tube D, and down,`passing out near the bottom of the water-vessel, then -up vthrough the waterimpregnating the water, and fill? ing the vessel above the water, so as to create a pressure thereon.

The apparatus is then ready for use, and the water is drawn by opening the cock F, the pressureof the gas'forcing the water up through the tube E, and out -I through the cock.

Thus, I construct a cheap apparatus, and one so Asimple that a .person with the leastknowledge'of such apparatus.' may use it.

part ofthe chamber B, for the purpose of placing the acids therein, while the apparatus is in an upright position, and communicating with the upper part of the chamber, I arrangea water-supply,`L, opening. into the chamber, above` the partition, by means cf a y cock, P, the supply being'illed by opening the top, or in any other manner. Therefore, to generate gas by this construction, place the acid and soda into the chamber, through the plug I, then tum the cock P, and permit a sufficient quantity of water tofrun on to' the partition C, then close the cock'l, and gas is y Witnesses -f l A. J. TrBBrrs,

J H. SHUMwaY instead of inverting the apparatus, it be desired, a plug, I', may be arranged, opening into-the lower 

